[Bug 1629815] [NEW] Videos do not play smoothly in any web browser

[Jeb E.]

Public bug reported:

Any web browser I try to play a video on - from any site such as YouTube
or Vimeo - the video tends to jitter followed by pausing indefinitely.

System info:
Oracle VirtualBox with Guest Additions (v5.1.6)
128MB dedicated GPU RAM
2048MB dedicated RAM
3D graphics are enabled
PAE enabled

Physical system info:
Intel Core i5 (v6)
8GB RAM
1TB HDD
Intel HD graphics
Virtualization support enabled in UEFI
Windows 10 x64 Anniversary Edition

** Affects: chromium-browser
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: elementaryos
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: firefox
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: virtualbox
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: 3d compositing gpu lag perf performance video virtualbox virtualization

** Changed in: elementaryos
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: virtualbox
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: chromium-browser
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: firefox
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntu
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: ubuntu
       Status: New => Confirmed

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